1811. Single sheet approx. 6½" x 8½", docketed on verso; previous fold neatly strengthened on verso; very good. Jacob Fritzel, "late of the township of Salem," in Champaign Country "Did unlawfully cohabit with & then & there carnally know Polly Hunter ... against the peace and dignity of the state..... More
Newport: printed at the Herald Office, 1894. 16mo, pp. 14, [2]; pages ruled in red throughout; original limp green cloth stamped in orange; some dullness to the cloth, else fine. The first publication of the Lodge issued in its first year of incorporation. The Lodge was "for literary, social, and..... More
Providence: printed ... by Heaton and Williams, 1803. Small 8vo (approx. 6¾" x 4"), pp. 16; self-wrappers; text toned, title spotted and a bit chipped in the fore-margin; good and the stitching remains intact. Drop title on p. [3] reads: At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode-Island and..... More
New York: John W. Amerman, 1855. First edition, 8vo, pp. 106; lacking the folding map; ex-John Crerar Library with bookplate stamped "Withdrawn" mounted to front pastedown, brick red library buckram lettered and numbered in gilt on spine, preserving the original pink printed front wrapper with perforated library stamp; a very..... More
Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Co., printers, 1853. Small 8vo, pp. 8; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; old sticker at top outer corner; very good. Signed in type at the end, "A. Potter, Sec'ry." “The Continental Bank was incorporated as a state bank in 1853. It was located in the What Cheer..... More
New Haven: S. Babcock, ca. 1840s. Juvenile chapbook, 4¼ inches, pp. 16; engraved title page vignette, illustrations throughout; original blue pictorial wrappers, lacking bottom half of front wrapper, small tear on back wrapper affecting decorative border around publisher's advertisements; a few shallow tears to title page not affecting text. More
Montreal: Chisholm & Co., 1870. First edition, 12mo, pp. 126, [2]; folding map printed in blue, a number of wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original cream wrappers printed in purple, purple faded to grey, fore-edge of front cover a little chipped but not entering the cover illustration, top and bottom..... More
Boston: Bela Marsh [wrapper imprint: Bela Marsh and Redding and Company], 1850. First edition, 8vo, pp. 71, [1]; original printed front wrapper (dampstained in upper right corner, but not carrying through to the text); back wrapper wanting, spine largely chipped away; good. Eight copies in OCLC, 4 in Massachusetts and..... More
Cincinnati: Wednesday Morning, April 5, 1876. 22¾" x 16¼", pp. [1]-8; 6 columns per page, removed from binding. The Cincinnati aldermanic bill, new general asylum investigation, foreign news, political news: the whiskey tax, local taxation of railroad lands, liabilities of distillers, immigration, presentation of the impeachment articles; Ohio town elections..... More
[Providence: publisher not identified, n.d., 1842.]. Folio broadside (approx. 16" x 8"), text in a single column under which a list of 41 names in double column; near fine. "We whose names are hereto appended, were and still are, in favor of a constitutional form of government for the state..... More
[Providence]: printed for the use of the Freeman, by order of the town, 1829. 8vo, pp. 12; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; lightly toned, else fine. U.S. Senator's Theodore Francis Green's copy, with his lightly penciled ownership signature at the top of the first leaf. At the time the oldest serving..... More
[Salem? 1850]. Broadside, approx. 9¾" x 6½", text printed within an ornamental border; the broadside on thin paper and the paper consequently wrinkled, one or two shallow chips in the margins; all else very good. The ceremonies were conducted by the Rev. William R. Babcock and the eulogy delivered by..... More
Clinton, Hunterdon Country, New Jersey: 1856-1863; 1861-1868. Two volumes, 1.) General Ledger 1856 to 1863. 12" x 18", 440 numbered pages; 2.) Discount Book. October 1861 to September 1868. 11½" x 16"; bound ledger. 533 numbered pages. Full calf, leather labels. Ink, legible hand. Very good (heavy). The oldest banking..... More
Wells, [Maine]: 183--. Broadside (approx. 11" x 13½"), paper toned, a few minor chips in the margins; all else very good. Samuel H. Pike (1779-1882) was a clothier and carder in Wells. "Those wishing to forward Cloth to him to dress, can leave it at the Store of A. &..... More
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1872. Second edition, 8vo, [2], vii-[viii] & 556pp., good or better in orig. terracotta cloth gilt; ex-MHS. Contributions by T.E. Cliffe Leslie, W. Fowler, the Hon. David A. Wells, etc. on war, primogeniture, financial reform, trade unions, etc. More
Venango, PA: 1865-1879. Twelve manuscript legal documents, concerning leases, agreements, statements, and court opinions. Two pro-forma notices competed in manuscript, the rest full manuscript, likely copies. Between one and four pages each; old folds, generally very good. Venango county was the epicenter of the US oil boom. In 1859 Edwin..... More
V.p. ca. 1940s. 25 items, including 3 duplicates; all approximately 328 x 177 mm.; black and white photographic illustrations; some broadsides printed on colored paper; all very good or better. Includes broadsides advertising the Cisco Kid films "Riding the California Trail" ("The Cisco Kid...too rough for the law but just..... More
Hillsborough, N.H. 1777 - 1846. A comprehensive group spanning more than 60 years, all concerning the surveying, building, and maintenance of roads in Hillsborough. Size ranges from 2" x 7½" to 13" x 7¾". Most with previous folds, all in ink, and legible. Many docketed on the verso as being..... More
Los Angeles: American Indian Studies Center, 1991-1996. 8 volumes, 8vo; original pictorial wrappers; occasional ink underlining, else very good or better. Includes Vol. 15, nos. 1, 2-4; Vol. 17, no. 2; Vo. 19, nos. 1-2; and Vol. 20, nos. 1, and 3. Articles include Nathan E. Bender's "Cherokee Shorthand"; Sidner..... More
Philadelphia, etc. 1860s. A collection of family letters, totaling 48 leaves, exchanged among a large American clan during the later 1860s and into the early 1870s. The majority of the letters are addressed to an Anne, (maiden name likely Chipman), although some are also addressed to William C. Starr, likely..... More
New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1839. 36mo (3" tall); pp. 623, [1]; original full calf, black morocco label on spine, boards scuffed, contemporary gift inscription on upper pastedown, text clean and sound, very good. Not in American Imprints. More
V.p., v.d., as below. An interesting collection of early USPS ephemera and manuscript ledgers recording postal business. The collection includes three ledgers and 17 items of office ephemera, primarily from Pennsylvania and Maine, comprised of the following. Ledger, small 4to, pp. [62]. Quarter calf over paper covered boards. Records dated..... More
St. Paul: Pioneer Printing Co., 1867. 8vo, pp. [2], 62; original printed tan wrappers, slightly chipped and cracked; very good. Contains articles on the "Mineral Regions of Lake Superior," the disgraced explorer "Constantine Beltrami," "Historical Notes of the United States Land Office," and perhaps most important, "Dakota Supersitions," by Gideon..... More
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1982. 8vo, pp. 54; folding frontispiece, illus.; fine in original blue paper covered boards gilt. More
New York: J. H. Colton, 1854. Large folding pocket map of the United States and southern Canada east of 99 degrees west longitude, approx. 27" x 31" , nicely hand colored in outline and within an agricultural motif border, with insets of New England, the United States (coast to coast)..... More
